T20 World Cup 2024 : Afghanistan vs Uganda Match Preview, ICC T20 World Cup 2024

5th T20I • Providence Stadium • Guyana

Afghanistan

183/5 (20)

Uganda

58 (16)

AFG won by 125 runs

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Date & Time

04 Jun, 06:00 AM IST

Venue

Providence Stadium, Guyana

TV/Streaming

Disney+ Hotstar, Star Sports

Match

5th T20I,

Umpires

Ahsan Raza (Pakistan), Kumar Dharmasena (Sri Lanka), Adrian Holdstock (South Africa, TV)

Referee

Andy Pycroft (Zimbabwe)

Toss

Uganda elected to bowl

Pitch Report

Humidity is a huge factor today - 88 per cent. 70 meters and 76 meters square on either side while the straight hit is 84 meters long. Spin it to win it is the way to go tonight. Afghanistan are the most successful spin bowling unit while Uganda have bowled 45 per cent of their overs in the form of spin since the last T20 World Cup. Same pitch as the one used yesterday. There could be more runs than the average first innings score of 161 and the fast-bowlers could get some seam movement. Overall a good wicket and we can expect a cracking game!

1st Innings

128Avg Runs

6Avg Wkts

126.27Avg SR

2nd Innings

103Avg Runs

4Avg Wkts

125.58Avg SR

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Points Table

Head To Head (Last 10 Matches)

AFG

0- 0

UGA

Team Form (Recent 5 Matches, Latest First)

Afghanistan

Uganda

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Venue Details

Providence Stadium, Guyana

1st Innings

128Avg Runs

6Avg Wkts

126.27Avg SR

2nd Innings

103Avg Runs

4Avg Wkts

125.58Avg SR

Toss winners opt to

54%Bat First Bowl First46%

Team Batting First

30%Wins Losses70%

Recent Matches on venue

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Team Form (Last 5 Matches, Most recent first)

Team Form (Last 5 Matches)

Afghanistan

Uganda

Head To Head (Last 10 Matches)

AFG

0- 0

UGA

Team Comparison (Last 10 Matches)

Matches Played

Matches Won

156

Average Score

131

212/6

Highest Score

206/6

111/10

Lowest Score

65/0

Player of the Match Fazalhaq Farooqi

5/9

Lucky Winner mokkaralajohnsamuel

AFG

UGA

Info

Afghanistan

183/5 (20)

Batters

Rahmanullah Gurbaz

168.89

c Riazat Ali Shah b A Ramjani

Ibrahim Zadran

152.17

b B Masaba

Najibullah Zadran

66.67

c DM Nakrani b B Masaba

Mohammad Nabi

87.50

Not out

Gulbadin Naib

80.00

c B Masaba b C Kyewuta

Azmatullah Omarzai

100.00

c A Ramjani b C Kyewuta

Rashid Khan

(C)

200.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 1, LB: 2, NB: 1, W: 6)

TOTAL

(20 Ov, RR: 9.15)

183/5

Did not Bat

Karim Janat, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Naveen ul Haq, Fazalhaq Farooqi

Bowlers

EXT

8.25

6.25

12.33

17.00

9.50

11.00

5.25

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Ibrahim Zadran

b B Masaba

1-154

14.3

Rahmanullah Gurbaz

c Riazat Ali Shah b A Ramjani

2-156

15.1

Najibullah Zadran

c DM Nakrani b B Masaba

3-162

16.2

Gulbadin Naib

c B Masaba b C Kyewuta

4-169

17.5

Azmatullah Omarzai

c A Ramjani b C Kyewuta

5-181

19.5

Uganda

58/10 (16)

Batters

Ronak Patel

200.00

b F Farooqi

Simon Ssesazi

100.00

c F Farooqi b MU Rahman

Roger Mukasa

0.00

lbw b F Farooqi

Riazat Ali Shah

32.35

b F Farooqi

Dinesh Nakrani

75.00

b N Haq

Alpesh Ramjani

0.00

c G Naib b N Haq

Robinson Obuya

56.00

c Rahmanullah Gurbaz b F Farooqi

Brian Masaba

(C)

0.00

c Rahmanullah Gurbaz b F Farooqi

Bilal Hassan

50.00

lbw b R Khan

Cosmas Kyewuta *

100.00

Not out

Henry Ssenyondo

0.00

b R Khan

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 2, NB: 0, W: 7)

TOTAL

(16 Ov, RR: 3.63)

58/10

Bowlers

EXT

2.25

5.33

2.00

3.50

3.00

8.00

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Ronak Patel

b F Farooqi

1-4

0.2

Roger Mukasa

lbw b F Farooqi

2-4

0.3

Simon Ssesazi

c F Farooqi b MU Rahman

3-8

1.4

Dinesh Nakrani

b N Haq

4-18

4.2

Alpesh Ramjani

c G Naib b N Haq

5-18

4.4

Riazat Ali Shah

b F Farooqi

6-47

12.1

Brian Masaba

c Rahmanullah Gurbaz b F Farooqi

7-47

12.2

Robinson Obuya

c Rahmanullah Gurbaz b F Farooqi

8-48

12.6

Bilal Hassan

lbw b R Khan

9-58

15.5

Henry Ssenyondo

b R Khan

10-58

15.6

Match Info

Date & Time

04 Jun, 06:00 AM IST

Venue

Providence Stadium, Guyana

TV/Streaming

Disney+ Hotstar, Star Sports

Match

5th T20I,

Umpires

Ahsan Raza (Pakistan), Kumar Dharmasena (Sri Lanka), Adrian Holdstock (South Africa, TV)

Referee

Andy Pycroft (Zimbabwe)

Toss

Uganda elected to bowl

W W 1 0 0 W

Over 13

Runs: 1

1lb 1 0 4 0 0

Over 14

Runs: 6

1 0 0 0 0 1

Over 15

Runs: 2

0 2 0 0 W W

Over 16

Runs: 2

All Overs

Player of the Match Fazalhaq Farooqi

5/9

Lucky Winner mokkaralajohnsamuel

Commentary

Providence, Guyana, was witness to two fine fifties from the Afghan openers. Then came the final five overs of the innings in which newcomers Uganda came back with 4 wickets for only 27 runs. But after that, it was one-way traffic in the second innings with Fazalhaq Farooqi and co.. running riot! The action now shifts to Barbados again as England open their campaign against neighbours Scotland. We will bring you all the action right here, so do join us for the game and find out what unfolds. This is the pair of Soorya and Bidipto taking your leave. Keep following Sportskeeda!

Rashid Khan (Afghanistan captain): I think we were quite clinical with our overall game. Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Ibrahim Zadran gave us a great start, in a match like this, it's important to get off to a solid start. They provided us with that. And then, we backed it up with a stellar bowling performance. We have the luxury of having top quality choices with the ball and I am lucky as a captain to have so many options to choose from. The 2023 ODI World Cup was a massive boost to our confidence at this level, and we have taken a lot forward from that! (On facing New Zealand next) They are a fantastic side! But it boils down to how we play on the day, how we handle pressure and how well we execute our plans. Hope to have a good game in that one.

Brian Masaba (Uganda captain): Pretty special for us to listen to the national anthem after lining up as players! We have to keep this performance aside, and come out to play better next game. We were outplayed early on, but did well to come back later on in the innings. Full credit to Afghanistan, their bowling attack is world class! We know how well their spinners bowl, and their seamers are pretty good too. But, we have to improve now, that's the important bit.

A lovely moment there towards the end with Rashid Khan, who was there to aid Farooqi in translating his words from Pashto to English, asking his bowler to thank Katey Martin even as he did in Pashto. It all ended in a laugh - happy faces everywhere for Afghanistan!

Fazalhaq Farooqi (Player of the Match, 5/9 off 4 overs): Thanks to the Almighty. I've missed the hat-trick quite a few times but if I get another chance in the future I'll try to take it. I just tried to bowl a few balls to see what was going on. When I saw it was swinging I tried to use but later on I used the slower ones. I thought of mixing it up and keeping it simple on that wicket. Playing franchise cricket in the last three years has helped improve my cricket day by day. You don't feel that kind of pressure which I used to before. I just try and keep it simple.

Afghanistan win by 125 runs with 4 overs to spare!

Rahmanullah Gurbaz 76 (45) | Fazalhaq Farooqi - 5/9 (4)
Robinson Obuya 14 (25) | Brian Masaba - 2/21 (4)

The first over of the innings set the tone for the remainder and in the end, Uganda could not quite come back with the bat, as they did with the ball in the first innings.

Fazalhaq Farooqi finished with best figures of 5/9 in his 4 overs with some superb swing, slow and accurate bowling! Naveen ul Haq, skipper Rashid Khan and Mujeeb Ur Rahman were the other wicket takers. But no bowler, who bowled more than one over, gave away runs at more than 5.30 RPO.

Uganda were trying hard to stitch together a partnership but their inexperience at this level came to the fore big time! Matching up to the quality of this Afghan bowling attack was just too much for the first timers of this tournament.

So, with this huge win, Afghanistan's net run rate gets a massive shot in the arm while Uganda have to work extremely hard to step up a notch and press for a win in the coming matches.

overs

58 /10 score

runs

Henry Ssenyondo *

0 (1)

Cosmas Kyewuta

2 (2)

Rashid Khan

2 /12

15.6 Rashid Khan to Henry Ssenyondo, CASTLED! AND THAT IS THAT! A Rashid Khan special to wrap things up as he sends down a googly just outside the line of off stump. On a full length and Ssenyondo is drawn forward into a lunge. Big gap between bat and pad through which the ball turns in and knocks the top of off. Afghanistan wrap up a resounding 125-run win!

Henry Ssenyondo b Rashid Khan 0 (1b, 0x4, 0x6)

Henry Ssenyondo, RHB, is at the crease.

Right then, one ball left in Rashid's spell now. Can he finish the match in this delivery?

Samir: After a spirited effort with the ball, Uganda have just capitulated with the bat!

15.5 Rashid Khan to Bilal Hassan, GIVEN LBW AGAIN! Reviewed again! Length ball outside the off stump and Bilal attempts a reverse-hit this time. Struck in line of off stump on the front pad and this surely looks dead. Fair delivery.

No bat involved and with the impact in line of off stump, the ball would have smashed the stumps. Rashid has his first and Uganda lose their ninth wicket.

15.4 Rashid Khan to Bilal Hassan, full length ball outside the off stump. Bilal goes for a slog sweep but he misses out. Thuds into his pad as he's struck outside the line

15.3 Rashid Khan to Bilal Hassan, OH! Full at the stumps. Bilal pokes forward before it thuds into his pad as it turns in

15.2 Rashid Khan to Bilal Hassan, full at the stumps. Bilal steps out and swings towards long on for a couple of runs

That was a big edge! How could the umpire not spot it?

15.1 Rashid Khan to Bilal Hassan, GIVEN LBW! Bilal reviews as he should at this stage. Full in length on off stump as he pokes forward from his crease. The ball just turns away a touch and pins him on the back pad.

But well well - there is an outside edge that UltraEdge has detected! No wonder Bilal went up straightaway eh? Dharmasena has to overturn his call. NOT OUT!

What a spell of bowling this is! 5/9 in 4 overs with 4 runs coming off his very first delivery. Fazalhaq Farooqi has been on song tonight! A stellar performance to help his team win.

overs

56 /8 score